Buckle.



PATENTED JULY 11 R. A. BROWN.

BUCKLE APPLICATION FILED AUG. 13. 1904.

WWW-zoom UNITED STATES Patented July 11, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

ROYL ANDREW BROWN, OF ASHLAND. OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE'HALF TO GEORGE S.LUCAS, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 794,699, dated July 11,1905.

Application filed August 13, 1904. Serial No. 220.623.

T0 or whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Ron. ANDREW BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ashland, in the county of Ashland and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to securing devices,and more particularly to a formof buckle designed primarily for use upon straps commonly employed bymail-carriers in holding bundles of mail in position; and my object isto provide a buckle or securing device which will be very easilycontrolled and by means of which the strap to which it is attached maybe readily connected or disconnected from any object to which it hasbeen applied, as a package of mail-matter, books, &c.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter made clearly apparent,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are made a partof this application, and in which Figure 1 shows a perspective view ofmy invention applied to use upon'a strap of the usual or any preferredconstruction. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of my buckle andstrap with which it is placed in cooperation. Fig. 3 is a perspectivedetail view showing the two component parts of my buckle or securingdevice separated from each other.

It will be observed from the following description that my buckle orsecuring device possesses great simplicity of construction, there beingbut two parts of the buckle, each readily fashioned, as at one operationof manufacture, from suitable sheet metal, as will be readily obvious.

For convenience of reference to the various elements and cooperatingaccessories of my invention numerals will be employed, the same numeralapplying to a similar part through out the several views.

In materializing my invention 1 provide a buckle-frame proper at thefront, which, as

will be observed by reference to Fig. 3, comprises the side members 1and 2 and the end sections 3 and 4, together with the intermediatesection or cross-bar 5, and designed to cooperate with this framework orbuckle proper is the device at the rear (also shown in Fig. 3) andconstituting the clamping-jaw of the buckle or securing device, by meansof which the free end of the strap is detachably engaged at will.

The strap-securing device comprises the body portion 6, having theintegral loop extension 7 and also having upon one side a plurality ofteeth or serrations 8, located within the loop-like member 7, but sodisposed that there will be ample room between the ends of the teeth andsaid loop.

The body portion 6 is formed of suflicient length whereby the extensionsor end sections proper, 9, are provided, and the body portion 6 isplaced in permanent union with the buckleframe proper by bending the endsections or extensions 9 loosely in front of and around a contiguouspart of the side sections 1 and 2, whereby the body portion 6 may slideon and be moved relatively to the buckle-frame.

In Fig. 1 it will be observed that the extensions 9 are shown in acurved position, wrapping completely around the side bars or members 1and 2, while the end of the strap 10 is permanently connected to thecross-bar 5 in any preferred way, as by stitching or by means of therivet 11 or equivalent thereof, and extends at the rear of the endsection 3.

It will be further observed by reference to Figs. 1 and 2 that the loopmember 7 is disposed alongside of the end section 4, and the free end 12of the strap may therefore be readily passed down between the bars orsections 1 and 7 and the teeth 8; but since the member 6 is disposedmovably upon the buckle-frame it follows that the strain of the strapwill bear against the bar 7 and incidentally draw the teeth tightly inengagement with a contiguous part of the strap, whereby the latter willbe reliably secured against slipping past said teeth.

It is further obvious that the tighter the against the loop member orbar 7, the more tightly will the strap be engaged by said teeth.

Inasmuch as I provide no buckle-tongue, it follows that there is nonecessity of perforating the strap to receive said part, as is com' menwith buckles now in use.

It will be found that the teeth will take into a contiguous part of thestrap whether made of leather or other material and without injurythereto will prevent the same from slipping out of an adjusted position.

It will thus be seen that my securing device or buckle is of very simpleconstruction, and the parts thereof may be very cheaply manufactured andeach readily assembled in its respective operative position.

Having thus fully described my invention, what Iv claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A buckle comprising a front frame constructed with side members, innerand outer end sections and an intermediate section, a sliding rear frameconstructed with a body portion having extensions bent in front of thefront frame, a loop extension, and teeth located on the inner side ofthe body portion and projecting through the front frame, a strap securedat one end to the intermediate section and extending in rear of theinner end section 3

